So my Aunt Sharon has been doing some geneology work and has discovered that I am related to New Netherlands founding father Joris Rapelje. He is my great grandfather back ten generations. He is also my first link to some French heritage. And since he and his wife were married and departed from the Spanish …
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November 28, 2016: Discovering a New Ancestor
Monday. It was a busy day even though there was not all that much going on around the house. We had a nice rain this morning, but not so much that we had to worry about the house flooding like it did last time. Just a nice rain that gets the ground wet. We had …
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November 27, 2016: Liesl Turns Eight!
Because there was a party at the house last night, we all sang to Liesl at midnight to wish her a happy birthday. She loved that. There must have been twenty people singing to her. The girls were up late last night playing all of their new video games, so they, along with us, slept …
November 26, 2016: Pot Luck Party
Today is Saturday and our Pot Luck House Party. That means that most of today is about cleaning. Actually the early part of the day was Dominica and Rachel chilling while I worked on posting and writing for much of the day. The weather was perfect so they sat outside just enjoying the atrium for …
November 25, 2016: Returning to Dallas from Houston
We have to drive back north to Dallas today. It is Friday and we have a house party at our house tomorrow evening so we need to get back tonight so that we are ready for it. We did not move too quickly this morning and just hung out for most of the day. Around …
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